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FOLDING LADDER FOR SLEEPING CARS. No. 519,184. Patented May 1,1894.

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FOLDING LADDER FOR SLEEPING-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 519,184, dated May 1, 1894. Application filed September 29,1898. Serial No. 486,770. on; model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN BYERS HOL BROOK, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved EX- tension-Ladder for Sleeping-Oars, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to sleeping car fixtures, and its object is to provide a new and improved extension ladder, which is simple and durable in construction, and designed to enable the traveler to conveniently get into the upper berth or descend therefrom, the ladder being folded and swung out of the way when not in use.

The invention consists principally of a lad der made in sections having a sliding connection one with the other, and of which the uppermost section is attached to the partition board between adjacent berths.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be hereinafterdescribed, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a front elevation of the improvement as applied and extended. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. of the same with part in section. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of part of the sleeping car on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, with the improvement folded and swung out of the way. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the ladder as folded; and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the same.

In the car A, of any approved construction are arranged the usual upper berths B, separated one from the other by the usual removable transverse partition O. Near the upper end of the partition is arranged a hinge D, connected with an arm or bar E, attached to the upper end of the ladder F, preferably made in sections F, F, F and F of which the section F is fitted to slide on the section F, the section F is fitted to slide in the sec tion F and the section F is hinged to the lowermost rung of the section F When the ladder is extended as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, then it extends from near the floor of the car to the upper berth B to permit the traveler to conveniently climb the ladder to get into the upper berth or to descend from the same. Theladder F extends in the aisle of the car and is not in the way of the occupant of the lower berth, and when the several sections F, F F and F are folded by sliding the section F on the section F, and the scction'F in the section F and swinging the section F upward on to the section F as illustrated in Fig. 4, then the latter can be swung inward to fold against the side of the partition 0, as illustrated in Fig. 3. Thus,

the ladder is folded and stored out of the way and is within convenient reach of the occupant of the upper berth, so that the latter can at any time swing the ladder F outward to cause its several sections to extend by sliding out by their own weight, to permit the occupant to descend to the car floor.

In order to assist the occupant of the upper berth to readily fold the ladder F, I provide a tape G secured to the lowermost rung of the section F and extending up the several sections to pass through an eye E to a spring-pressed drum H, of any approved con; struction and attached to a convenient part of the car body, as illustrated in Fig. 3. The occupant of the berth B by pulling on the tape G can readily fold the ladder, as above described, and then swing the same inward against the side of the partition 0 as illustrated in Fig. 3. I do not limit myself to any particular construction for sliding the sections, one upon the other, as any approved device may be employed for this purpose.

It will be seen that when the car is made up in the morning by closing the bunks the partition board 0 is taken out from between the upper. berths and placed in the berth, after which the ladder is closed up, thus storing the partition with the ladder F attached thereto.

If desired, the ladder F maybe left extended during the night and not swung into the upper berth, if the occupant of the berth so desires.

Having thus fully described my invention, .I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 7 1. The combination, with a sleeping car having a partition between adjacent berths, of an extension ladder having a permanent hinged connection with the said partition, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. An extension ladder for sleeping cars,

comprising an arm or bar hinged to the partition board of adjacent berths, and a ladder made in sections fitted to slide one on the other, the uppermost section being permanently and rigidly secured to the said arm, substantially as described.

3. An extension ladder for sleeping cars, comprising an arm or bar hinged to the partition board of adjacent berths, a ladder attached to the said arm and made in sections fitted to slide one on the other, and a'bottom scribed.

JOHN BYERS HOLBROOK. Witnesses:

G. S. MoCoRD, F. E. TIBBETTS. 

